?? About Menstrual cycles after weight loss

Hello. I am wondering if anyone else has experienced a change in their menstrual cycle since losing weight?  I am 8 months out and having lots of new problems..   I've had a tubal ligation so I KNOW i'm not pregnant.. ha ha  ANy ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Is your cycle longer and you go alot?
Before the surgery i had a few but not many.
The day of my surgery i started and its been horrible..
Hey dont say that my friend had a tubal and 4-5 yrs later had a baby..lol

OMG!! I would die... my kids are 8 and 6!! I have had ablation so my cycles are short and very light. Its just this time I"ve had PMS symptoms, (grouchy, bloated, cramping) x 2 weeks and still haven't started... I'm going to give it another week then call my doc!! Thanks for your input... 

My cycle has changed a lot but I have PCOS so that could be why.

The other day i had a post about my anger its horrible,today the doctor called about putting me on something she said its hormonal..you think
But today the puppys made a mess and i just start crying and i called neil he has a little red geo metro and i told him im getting in your clown car and running away or im putting the dogs in it and pushing it down our hill to town(if i kicked it with my foot it would roll clear to town) he laughed and said are you pmsing i hung up on him...i get angry and go off or i cry or the worst i am laughing.My boys dont know what to do.
Some of the ladies here suggested asking the doctor for something so sweetie we arent alone.....lol
I m sorry if im not much help...

It would be safe to say there are days I'd like someone to shoot me and put me out of my misery when my cycle hits!    My family avoids me because I annouce I've become an  !

Funny thing is since my surgery I couldn't remember to take my BC pills -- too many to remember so I switched to the depo shot.  Much lighter now and less painful...thank GOD!

Best advise, call your OB your weight loss would change your cycle, patterns, etc.  Keep a little journal or log of the problems and sit down with the Dr.  I've had female issues for YEARS and my Dr is used to me bringing a journal/list of problems.

Frankie

I hadn't had a period in years before surgery. Since then I'm like clockwork. Every once in a while, I'm a week later than expected. But, it eventually shows up.

I have definitely experienced a change, but I think I have the opposite problem.  Before surgery I never had periods unless I took medication to make me have one.  After surgery I was spotting all the time but no real period to speak of.  I saw my gynecologist to talk about birth control options and he made me take my meds to have a real period.

I had a normal cycle and then tried taking the pill for a month.  The pill doesn't work for me post-op so I was waiting to start my period again so I could have an IUD inserted.  Finally had to take meds again to have another period and finally got the IUD in and now I spot every....single....day.  It's so frustrating.  It gets heavier every 3 or 4 weeks (must be a normal period at that point) but I am so over it.  My body doesn't know what it's supposed to be doing!

Sorry this was such a long post....the short answer is that it is VERY common to have changes in our cycles post-op.  Especially while we are in the rapid weight loss stage.

Melissa

i dont feel so stupid now.  i started the day of my surgery  ( oct 3rd) and had a period for 19 days... that is right 19 days!!!!!!!!!!! i had one like a week and a half after that  (beginning of nov)  and have now not had one since.  i asked the NP when i was there friday, thinking it might have something to do with loosing the weight or whatever... she said normally it makes people have them more regulary and heavier (which i do not need heavier).  She told me to call my obgyn ( which i have endo and some otehr problems) but i need to call and make an appointment there. :( good times!

I know you posted this a while ago, but I just was going threw the posts today. I have been on time every month except this month, I was suppose to start on the 10Th, and didn't start until the 21st, but I too was cramping for the whole two weeks before! I have never done that before, I had my tubes tied almost 23 years ago, so I was pretty sure I wasn't pg, but since I have been so normal I thought maybe I was finally going to stop having a period, no such luck, and this one has been a real pain, really heavy and painful. So I guess there is something with the whole wls that may be to blame. I haven't lost a lot of weight yet, so not so sure that is it. Take care, and let me know what your obgyn has to say.